The season has been gruelling for SPAL up to now, while Lecce have won many games. Will the visitors get another notch in their belt at Stadio Paolo Mazza?
- SPAL have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Lecce have the the best goal difference (+11) in Serie B
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Lecce, who are travelling more than 800 kilometers to play this game.
SPAL form and stats
When playing at home in the Serie B, SPAL have managed 2 wins, 3 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 7 games. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for SPAL, their manager J. Clotet Ruiz and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
Happy days for SPAL in their previous game, a Serie B match away at Cosenza (placed 16th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. The victory against Cosenza came after Giuseppe Rossi's winning goal. The SPAL manager J. Clotet Ruiz was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 46th minute. Salvatore Esposito (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.55/10. Esposito served one assist and hit two key passes.
Ahead of that match, SPAL lost 2-3 at home to Alessandria.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for SPAL as they are travelling to their away game against Crotone in the Serie B. That match is four days after this one.
Goals decide football matches and SPAL are scoring many of them at home; 15 on target from 7 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the SPAL defense is not exactly impregnable. 11 goals conceded from 7 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Lecce form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Serie B travels is 2 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat. In general it has been a productive period now for Lecce as they haven't lost any of their last 13 games.
There were no winners in Lecce's previous match, a Serie B home game that ended 3-3 vs Ternana (placed 13th). A bizarre game with an abundance of goals last time out for Lecce, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that entertaining match, will this game be as exciting? Žan Majer got a match rating of 8.01 in that game, top player of the team. Majer scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes and had 33 successful passes (of 39 total).
A 0-0 draw at Frosinone's stadium before that.A new game in only four days for Lecce, the Serie B home match versus Reggina. Busy days.
Lecce have scored 7 goals on their travels this season, from 7 away games in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (6 so far).
Head 2 Head
SPAL-Lecce H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: SPAL three wins, Lecce two wins, zero draws. four of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  M. Coda 8 goals | G. Strefezza Rebelato 6 goals |   L. Colombo 5 goals |
SPAL missing players
Lecce missing players
| SPAL | Lecce | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 14 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | 15 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 7 | 24 |
| 16 | 11 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 13 |
| 93% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 71% | 79% |
| 64% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 71% | 79% |
| 43% | 71% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 43% | 57% |
| 29% | 57% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| 21% | 43% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 57% | 86% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 43% | 50% |
| 29% | 14% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 43% | 43% |
| 21% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 43% | 29% |
| 5.6 | 6.7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 5 | 5.3 |
| 5.9 | 5.9 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 10 | 4.7 | 3.9 |
| 2.6 | 2.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.9 | 1.8 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16.7 | 21.4 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 12.9 | 14.8 |
| 5.4 | 7.4 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 5.3 | 5.8 |
| 25% | 29% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 19% | 30% |
| 12.9 | 12.7 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15 | 12.1 | 9.4 |
| 4.4 | 4.6 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.6 | 3.6 |
- All of SPAL's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Lecce have the most scored goals in the first half (15) in Serie B
- Lecce have the the best goal difference (+11) in Serie B
- SPAL have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- SPAL have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Lecce have scored away.
- SPAL have scored in all their home matches so far.
- SPAL haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Pisa | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 28 |
| 2 | Brescia | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 27 |
| 3 | Lecce | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 25 |
| 4 | Frosinone | 14 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 23 |
| 5 | Benevento | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 22 |
| 6 | Cremonese | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 22 |
| 7 | Ascoli | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 22 |
| 8 | Monza | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 22 |
| 9 | Reggina | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 22 |
| 10 | Perugia | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 21 |
| 11 | Cittadella | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 21 |
| 12 | Como | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 19 |
| 13 | Ternana | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 18 |
| 14 | SPAL | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 17 |
| 15 | Parma | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 14 | -1 | 17 |
| 16 | Cosenza | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 15 | -7 | 15 |
| 17 | Alessandria | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -9 | 14 |
| 18 | Crotone | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -12 | 8 |
| 19 | Vicenza | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -14 | 7 |
| 20 | Pordenone | 14 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | -20 | 4 |